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To start off, this might definitely be a water thread.
Secondly, for those already skeptic about this assertion, I will not be citing any studies in this thread. This will be based on my own experiences, so take with that what you will.
One thing that I always remember my parents telling me as a young, naive child was, "chew your food well." They had good reason to tell me this; I had a propensity to choke on my food, particularly on melted cheese and octopus/squid. I obviously was incognizant of the ramifications of not chewing enough, so like the autistic goofy goober I was, I continued my habit of chewing fast and inadequately.
Fast forward to the end of elementary school/beginning of middle school, I was a chronic mouthbreather at least partly due to my lack of masseter development, resulting in chin recession, buck teeth/dental misalignment, shit lip posture, and chunky tonsil stones, among other symptoms. At around this time, my dentist put in a "habit-correcting" program --- Wearing a mouthguard at night and as much as possible during the day --- to correct my tongue posture. Looking back at it, I'm grateful that my parents put me into this quasi-orthotropic treatment instead of braces, which would have possibly cucked my maxilla as well.
But by the time I was a freshman in high school however, I noticed that while my maxilla was still relatively intact, my lower third still looked pathetic. But why? With my habit-corrector, I had been mewing for over 4 years!
Me after 8th grade ended. Notice the short, recessed lower third, eye asymmetry, and the very pouty lip posture. Disregard that sorry excuse of a haircut on the left.
My side profile. Enough said.
It was only in my junior year of high school that I began paying attention to my chewing, and I began frequently chewing on gum and meat on the bone. Hell, I even ditched my habit-corrector to train my tongue without external assistance. Fast forward to senior year of high school:
Side profile. Notice how the chin is neutrally aligned instead of sloping backwards like it was before.
Now before you guys say that it's entirely genetics or entirely puberty, keep in mind two things: one, I was 5'8 during 8th grade, and I've barely grown since then (5'9 now); and two, I began chewing relatively late in my puberty at 16 years old. This only comes to show the effectiveness of chewing despite having done so so late. Imagine if I began chewing at 12.
This isn't to deny that my genetics and the natural effects of puberty didn't affect my bone development, to do so would be folly. But chewing is absolutely essential to maximizing the potential that you have, or even regain the potential you've lost.
Youngcels, start chewing. Remember to chew with even force/forces that will optimize your development (e.g., chewing on one side over the other) and make sure not to develop TMJ and bruxism; I made that mistake and am now trying to rebalance my chewing forces. But done right, it's a damn powerful thing.
Secondly, for those already skeptic about this assertion, I will not be citing any studies in this thread. This will be based on my own experiences, so take with that what you will.
One thing that I always remember my parents telling me as a young, naive child was, "chew your food well." They had good reason to tell me this; I had a propensity to choke on my food, particularly on melted cheese and octopus/squid. I obviously was incognizant of the ramifications of not chewing enough, so like the autistic goofy goober I was, I continued my habit of chewing fast and inadequately.
Fast forward to the end of elementary school/beginning of middle school, I was a chronic mouthbreather at least partly due to my lack of masseter development, resulting in chin recession, buck teeth/dental misalignment, shit lip posture, and chunky tonsil stones, among other symptoms. At around this time, my dentist put in a "habit-correcting" program --- Wearing a mouthguard at night and as much as possible during the day --- to correct my tongue posture. Looking back at it, I'm grateful that my parents put me into this quasi-orthotropic treatment instead of braces, which would have possibly cucked my maxilla as well.
But by the time I was a freshman in high school however, I noticed that while my maxilla was still relatively intact, my lower third still looked pathetic. But why? With my habit-corrector, I had been mewing for over 4 years!
Me after 8th grade ended. Notice the short, recessed lower third, eye asymmetry, and the very pouty lip posture. Disregard that sorry excuse of a haircut on the left.
My side profile. Enough said.
It was only in my junior year of high school that I began paying attention to my chewing, and I began frequently chewing on gum and meat on the bone. Hell, I even ditched my habit-corrector to train my tongue without external assistance. Fast forward to senior year of high school:
Side profile. Notice how the chin is neutrally aligned instead of sloping backwards like it was before.
Now before you guys say that it's entirely genetics or entirely puberty, keep in mind two things: one, I was 5'8 during 8th grade, and I've barely grown since then (5'9 now); and two, I began chewing relatively late in my puberty at 16 years old. This only comes to show the effectiveness of chewing despite having done so so late. Imagine if I began chewing at 12.
This isn't to deny that my genetics and the natural effects of puberty didn't affect my bone development, to do so would be folly. But chewing is absolutely essential to maximizing the potential that you have, or even regain the potential you've lost.
Youngcels, start chewing. Remember to chew with even force/forces that will optimize your development (e.g., chewing on one side over the other) and make sure not to develop TMJ and bruxism; I made that mistake and am now trying to rebalance my chewing forces. But done right, it's a damn powerful thing.
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